Turkey Fun

This is a cartoon that I made about a Native American, a Pilgrim, and a turkey. The Native American and the Pilgrim really want their turkey but the turkey senses something suspicious. You can make your own cartoon here, on the National Geographic website.

If you would like to know about Thanksgiving turkeys and the White House, click here.

The National Geographic website also shows you how to make the Thanksgiving wreath shown on this page.

YOU WILL NEED

• A grapevine wreath (available at craft stores)
• Real or artificial fall leaves
• Acorns
• Berries
• Wide ribbon
• Craft glue
• Puffy paint

HERE'S HOW
Wrap the ribbon around the wreath as shown, and knot in place. Tuck the stems of the leaves, acorns, and berries into the wreath. When you are happy with the arrangement, glue everything in place. Write holiday messages on the ribbon with puffy paint.

Make Your Own Superhero

Marvel Comics has a "Create Your Own Superhero" website that allows people to design and show off their own super hero.

Here is the latest Herald creation.

Super Hero

Marvel Comics has a "Create Your Own Super Hero" website that allows people to design and show off their own super hero.

I made a super hero at Marvel.com. It was fun to make a super hero because you can make a hero if you are bored. First I picked a body then I add some stuff on my hero last I colored. Last I named my is hero I called my hero Rumbler. Now I saved my hero now its on The Hillwood Hearld.

This website is enjoyable to kids and parents too. Even little kids can do it.

By Brandon

Masterpiece Comics

Assignment: Lance
What would happen if Garfield the Cat met Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus? Or if Beavis and Butt-head were left waiting for Godot? It's hard to imagine. Fortunately, comic-book artist R. Sikoryak has mashed up classical works of literature with comic strips. He writes Masterpiece Comics, but there are other artists and writers who have done this.

In this assignment, consider some past work through this link or this one from the magazine Time Out! New York. Remember to credit whatever source you use (NPR or Time Out! New York) and link to both pages (this page one and this one). Also, do a screen grab of one of the images -- whichever one you like best. You can find more images on Sikoryak's web page, as well as his bio.

In “Dostoyevsky Comics,” Sikoryak has made loner vigilante Bruce Wayne Crime and Punishment’s Raskol (instead of the bat signal, he gets an ax). There's also “Good Ol’ Gregor Brown,” lovable loser Charlie Brown wakes up a cockroach à la Kafka’s The Metamorphosis (Snoopy is the maid).

Link to the Wikipedia page that talks about the real classic for each book. You may use the links ALREADY included on this page to save time.